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A pop-up shop for Yu-Gi-Oh GX will appear in several locations in Japan between January 25 and March 30, 2025. Entering the shop is free, and you can receive a special random bromide for every 2000 JPY you spend there.

The key visual for the Yu-Gi-Oh GX pop-up shop has Judai, Winged Kuriboh, Ed, Manjoume, Asuka, Johan, Ryo (Hell Kaiser) and Yubel. As a note, Judai appears as he does at the end of the series. Fans refer to this version of him as “Nijudai,” which is a joke on how “Judai” is a way to refer to teenagers and “Nijudai” is the word for one’s twenties.

Here are the dates and locations of the Gee stores you can see the pop-up shop at:

• January 25 to February 2: Akihabara (Entas)
• February 8 to February 16: Osaka
• February 22 to March 2: Kokura
• March 8 to March 16: Nagoya
• March 20 to March 30: Sendai

Merchandise includes the usual acrylic stands, pins, T-shirts, and tote bags. You can also purchase stickers for your smartphone, or a giant black-out sticker that you can stick to your windows to block out sunlight. There are three variations of T-shirts to get, with two of them based off Judai and one of them based of Ryo. Prices range between 605 and 3300 JPY.

The Yu-Gi-Oh GX pop-up store will open its first location from January 25, 2025, and you can check out more information on it via the official website. A remastered version of the anime will start airing in April 2025.

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A remastered version of the Yu-Gi-Oh GX anime will start airing in April 2025. This is to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the show.

The original show lasted for three years, which means that the remastered version of Yu-Gi-Oh GX should end in 2028. It’s unknown if the studio plans to release a remastered version of Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s after that. KENN commented that he’s been able to spend half his life playing Judai thanks to everyone’s , and the more experience he gains as an actor, the more he realizes how amazing the staff and cast were at the time.

Studio Gallop has released the cast for Judai, Asuka, Sho, Manjoume, and Ed. All of these characters will retain their original Japanese voice actors. This includes Taiki Matsuno, who voiced Manjoume. Matsuno ed away in July 2024.

Yu-Gi-Oh GX is the direct sequel to the original Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters. It follows Judai Yuki, a new student at the Duel Academia, which Kaiba from the first show founded. The story starts with Judai’s adventures at the school, interspersed with the occasional villain attack or magical threat. However, the show has a tonal shift in its final season.

The remastered version of Yu-Gi-Oh GX will start airing in Japan in April 2025. You can watch the original version on Crunchyroll.

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Aoni Production announced that Taiki Matsuno died on June 26, 2024, due to a hemorrhage on his right cerebrum. The Japanese live-action and voice actor was best known for his roles as Hajime Kindaichi in The Kindaichi Case Files, as well as Agumon and its evolutions in Digimon Savers—the original Japanese release of Digimon Data Squad. [Thanks, Oricon.]

The actor with the real name Tatsuya Matsuno was born on October 16, 1967, so he died at 56 years old. Taiki Matsuno made his debut as both a voice actor and a live-action actor in 1978. His first voiced role was as the Little Prince in The Prince of the Stars: Le Petit Prince, which was localized in English as The Adventures of the Little Prince. The actor also appeared in the 1978 TV drama adaptation of A Fugitive from the Past with his real name.

Taiki Matsuno rose to prominence after he starred as Hajime Kindaichi in the 1997 anime adaptation of The Kindaichi Case Files. He also had a role in Yu-Gi-Oh GX as Jun Manjome, who is alternatively known in English as Chazz Princeton. He was also the second voice actor who provided the Japanese dub voice for SpongeBob Squarepants, taking over from Hiroyuki Tsuru since the series' fourth season.

The late voice actor also had many roles in video games. In Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors series, he voiced Ling Tong and Liu Shan who debuted in Dynasty Warriors 5 and Dynasty Warriors 7, respectively. Taiki Matsuno also voiced Hiiragi in .hack//G.U., Igtenos Minarde in Tales of Destiny, and Hammer in the Xenosaga games.

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Tamashii Nations announced that the third figure in its Yu-Gi-Oh SH Monster Arts line will be Elemental Hero Flame Wingman from GX. More details about the figure and its launch will come out in the future.

The promotional art for the Yu-Gi-Oh GX Flame Wingman looks like the monster’s summon animation in the anime. It looks like it’s standing on a spire of a building while a full moon is behind it. Other promotional art for it on the Tamashii Nations website depicts it in front of multiple skyscrapers. This is a reference to Skyscraper, which is a Field Magic card that specifically s the Elemental Hero archetype.

Flame Wingman was the ace monster of Judai Yuki (Jaden Yuki) during the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh GX. It is a Fusion monster that requires Elemental Hero Avian and Elemental Hero Burstinatrix to create. When it destroys a monster in battle and sends it to the Graveyard, it can deal damage equal to its ATK to the opposing player. This effect works very well against monsters with high ATK, such as Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Incidentally, Red-Eyes Black Dragon was one of the SH Monster Arts figures from Tamashii Nations.

More information on the Yu-Gi-Oh GX Flame Wingman figure will come out in the future.

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Good Smile Company has opened up pre-orders for Nendoroids of Yusei and Jaden (Judai) from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s and Yu-Gi-Oh GX, respectively. Pre-orders for both of them will end on May 8, 2024.

Both Nendoroids cost 6600 JPY in the Japanese store. They’ll ship out in August 2024 if you live in Japan. Meanwhile, if you live in North America, they’ll cost $40.99 each. You’ll be able to get them some time in Q1 2025. As a reminder, due to licensing restrictions, Good Smile Company will only ship them to Canada and the United States, so if you don’t live in North America, you’ll need to use a proxy service of some kind.

The Yusei Nendoroid comes with three face plates—a serious expression, a battle expression, and a satisfied expression. He’ll come with his Duel Disk, of course, as well as his cards. Yusei will also come with milk, which is a reference to an oft-memed line he uttered during the Crash Town arc. Jaden will also come with similar face plates, as well as cards and a Duel Disk for his optional parts. However, Jaden will also have his Winged Kuriboh friend with him. This Jaden is the version from the end of the series, and you can tell from both his hairstyle and his heterochromia.

The Yu-Gi-Oh Yusei and Jaden (Judai) Nendoroids are readily available for pre-order via Good Smile Company. Other Yu-Gi-Oh Nendoroids Good Smile Company released in the past includes one of Dark Magician Girl.

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